Alaska is a very large state, and I think the quake was about 600 miles to the west of us. We only feel the strongest of local shakers anyway because of how and where our house is constructed. Wife claims she feels more since the 2019 quake in the area that shook us badly.
I'd say when the leaves look a little dry. When we water we always water twice so all the soil gets watered. Fill up container to top then once it goes down fill it up one more time. Somebody else may have better idea though.
Wow, that is one long cuke. I always found it interesting that in Alaska, while the days in a growing season may be short, the daylight growing hours may exceed other places further south with a longer season. I remember when I was there for 3 months one summer 1960, that we visited farms that grew giant cabbage and they said it was because of the daylight hours and coastal climate.
The cabbages grow large due to the daylight, but these cukes are an old heirloom variety from the distant past upon which some newer hybrids are based. They are the best-tasting cucumbers we have ever grown, but they are long and a bit ugly.
Those are nice I like cukes but can't eat many they give me heartburn for some reason. Don we don't grow much anymore but here is a pic of me holding up some broccoli we grew a few years ago.It is Healoom also.
That looks a little like an English cucumber, Don. Does it have a thin skin? I love the English cukes for their mildness, plus they don't have to be peeled before eating and have small seeds.
I've commented elsewhere that my neighbors brought me over a big bag of broccoli greens. I cooked down half of them as you would wilt any green, and the other half went in a big batch of navy bean soup. I was shocked at how good they are.
They are a Chinese type of cucumber. The skin is thin, but has small spines, so we peel it. One of the things that modern breeding has done is to remove some of the natural defenses. The Japanese have developed cukes that are even better (IMHO) than the English type, but all are parthenocarpic, which makes them easy to grow in the greenhouse.
Dang it , our little patio garden is taking a dive. One lonely tiny tomato, eaten by bugs. Something is eating them all up. The potato plant is even leaning way over as something is eating it drom the root. We are going to be going to be gone for several days come Sunday so all will probably be dead once we are back
I haven't heard of anything eating potatoes below ground. I guess you can blame it on climate change or Covid.... Overnight lows in the 40sw F. here and highs in the 60s F. so we don't have too much longer here. Cucumbers and tomatoes are already tanking due to the low temps as we don't generally heat our greenhouses unless frost is possible.